After finishing the WTT Cup Finals in Xinxiang, the group headed straight to Huangshi for the annual National Championships. This is how life goes for the elite players of the Chinese National Table Tennis Team—if they aren't training, they are competing.
Exiting the airport, the team walked toward the bus waiting on the side of the road. Shasha was pleasantly surprised to see her mentor, Coach Yang, and ran up to him with a sweet smile. "Uncle Yang, why are you here?"
The rest of the team usually only gathered at the provincial team camp upon reaching the venue. Coach Yang had made a special trip just to pick up Shasha, whom he considered his own daughter. He clapped hands with Wang Chuqin, who stood beside her, as a way of greeting. He had long known that this was his "daughter's" boyfriend.
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